China playing the long game in the Middle East
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Ms. Cat’s Chronicles 
Erdogan, and Turkey, are hard for me to figure out. Some insist that he’s involved with the Uygurs and some insist that he isn’t. It’s the same in Northern Syria against the PKK/YPG aka Kurds.
During the Bush Jr years, Washington DC was using Fetullah Gulen, a Turkish-American, to get Turkey involved with the Uygurs. http://web.archive.org/web/20090108041245/http://www.turkpulse.com/turkish16.htm
In 2016, Erdogan accused Fetullah Gulen, and the CIA, of attempting a coup. https://web.archive.org/web/20160802070912/http://www.yenisafak.com/en/news/cias-clandestine-meeting-in-istanbul-on-coup-night-2499850
Today, Turkey and Russia are joint patrolling in Northern Syria, against the YPG, but some people say that it’s only Turkey and the US being the bad guys. 🤷🏼♀️
https://www.wardiary.net/post/44th-russian-turkish-joint-patrol-in-darbasiyah-district-in-northeastern-syria
According to Turkey, the PKK/YPG are terrorists.
https://www.trtworld.com/magazine/a-timeline-of-the-pkk-s-war-on-turkey-1974-2019-30618
What I do know is that the US is trying to break up Syria, Turkey, and Iran to create a Greater Kurdistan:
https://sputniknews.com/analysis/201801251061062646-turkish-us-relations-prospects-analysis/
http://nomadiceveryman.blogspot.com/2018/09/greater-kurdistan-work-in-progress.html
http://pennyforyourthoughts2.blogspot.com/2021/02/regional-remake-birth-pangs-syria-in.html
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